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My guess is that they got acquired by Apple. Mostly because this is how it happened with FoundationDB from my recollection.

And Apple is the only company I can think of that's secretive enough that they'd force the team to just completely stop communicating out of the blue.

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Why would Apple need two NoSQL databases? I understand it is probably pocket change for them, but still. Did they find FoundationDB didn't work for them?

Why did the NEED the first one in such a way that disappeared it? Apple is just Apple; too much money to make complete sense. They were getting raked over the coals for their shite cloud services. How acquiring and sequestering RethinkDB was a necessity in correcting that situation is anybody's guess...

Well disappearance is just their way of acquiring companies. They needed a NoSQL because they have stupid amounts of cash and didn't feel like spending time doing their own.

But why would they need another NoSQL...

Well anyway, now we know they just ran out of money. They probably tried to so some last minute thing and so had to keep it quiet.

This is my guess, too. Apple recently bought TupleJump and I think they're in acquisition mode wrt database technologies and talent.

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